NOVEHBEB 8, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



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51 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO 



The LARGEST GROWER 



M Cut Flowers in America, 1,200,000 Feet of Modern Olaas, all In 



FULL CROP FOR THANKSGIVING 



A splendid cut of Beauties, Richmond, Liberty, Chatenay, Bride, Maid, Perle, Sunrise, 

 Uncle Jolin and Golden Gate; also a fair supply of Carnations. Especially strong on 

 Red Roses. Send us your orders, get the freshest stock, at the lowest market rates, and 

 have the assurance of supplies such as can only come from 1,200,000 feet of Modem Glass. 

 Thanksgiving price list will be issued next week. ' 



ROSE MRS. MARSHALL FIELD 



Th« Hit of 

 The Season 



Our Exclusive Specialty 



Mention The ReTlew when you write. 



Waban Conservatories will roll in the F. 

 F. Galvin's team, November 13, when a 

 good game is looked for. 



Henry D. Twombly, of Winchester, is 

 the proud father of a son, born Novem- 

 ber 1. 



William Spillsbury is again handling 

 some superb Princess of Wales violets at 

 Park street market. 



Some of the earliest anthericums of the 

 season are coming from Frank T. White, 

 of Holbrook. 



Much interest is being taken in the 

 coming meeting of the Gardeners ' and 

 Florists' Club. The election of new offi- 

 cers promises to attract an unusually 

 large gathering. Arrangements are now 

 perfected, and a prospectus ready for the 

 landscape gardening classes, to be given 

 the coming winter. 



Among visitors last week were Geo. 

 Baldwin, Secaucus, N. J. ; Geo. F. Struck, 

 Summit, N. J.; Julius Eoehrs and 

 Thomas Knight, Rutherford, N. J. ; John 

 Ash, Pomfret, Conn.; Alex. Michie, Shar- 

 on, Conn.; Thomas Proctor, Lenox, 

 Mass.; T. W. Weathered, New York; R. 

 W. Peterson, Cincinnati; G. L. Freeman, 

 Holyoke; J. R. Fotheringham, Tarry- 

 town, N. Y. ; H. Green, Warwick, E. I.; 

 Geo. C. Thompson, Providence, R. I. 



David Dean, late traveling salesman 

 for A. T. BoddingtoD, New York, is now 

 in a similar capacity with W. W. Raw- 

 son & Co. 



A meeting of the New England Dahlia 

 Society held at Horticultural hall, No- 

 vember 2, showed that the newest special 

 society is growing. Membership is about 

 100 and interest well maintained. 



Farquhar & Co. state that sales of 

 bulbs the present season have far exceed- 



ed all previous years. The demand for 

 tulips and narcissi has been phenomenal. 



A nice plant of Cypripedium Fairiea- 

 num, properly classed some time ago as 

 the lost orchid, is flowering in the collec- 

 tion of Oakes Ames, North Easton. 



Thomas J. Beuwell, the popular sales- 

 man for A. H. Hews & Co., rounded out 

 forty years of service with them the past 

 week. Mr. Beuwell, in spite of some 

 physical disabilities, carries his years 

 lightly and is a much valued employee 

 of the great Cambridge pottery firm. 



W. N. Craig. 



ROCHESTER. N. Y. 



Business last week was not satisfac- 

 tory, the supply being in advance of the 

 demand to a considerable extent, particu- 

 larly so in the case of roses, although 

 poor quality played some part in the 

 case of these flowers. This market is 

 sadly in need of good Brides and Maids. 

 Chrysanthemums are coming in freely 

 and are of good quality. Prices range 

 from $1 to $3 per dozen. Carnations 

 bring $2 to $3 per hundred and clean 

 up nicely. Everything looks promising 

 for a good supply, and now the political 

 horizon is clear we hope for a good, busy 

 season. 



G. B. Hart is handling some excellent 

 Boston ferns and its varieties from Chas. 

 Suhr. 



Geo. Bennett is cutting some excep- 

 tionally good Enchantress and Fair Maid. 



H. B. S. 



Aurora, III. — If the C, B. & Q. re- 

 builds the old greenhouses shortly to be 

 torn down, it will be at Montgomery, 

 three miles south of here. 



NEV YORK. 



Tlie Market. - 



Chrysanthemum is surely king, if only 

 for a day. Wonderfully have the prices 

 been maintained, either because of the 

 general excellence of the stock, or by 

 the general demand. For the best $3 per 

 dozen has been asked universally. These 

 were the large ones, and the popular 

 ones. Some new ones touched 50 cents 

 each at times. Totty says his White 

 Duckham brought $1 each at Fenrich's. 

 It also carried off the prize at Madison. 

 We shall see some of his discoveries at 

 the club meeting next Monday. 



Violets are none too plentiful. It is 

 rumored some of .our growers have 

 turned their eyes to the golden west 

 and are shipping to Chicago, while the 

 intervening cities also are making a bid 

 for their share. This will hardly please 

 the New York violet handlers, and we 

 will have to nip it in the bud. All the 

 cities in the country do not use as many 

 violets as this great city alone. But 75 

 cents was top last week, and any ad- 

 vance must come when the mums have 

 left the field. 



Roses improve in size, stem and color, 

 but there is no change in prices, nor 

 will there be before the end of the 

 month. Thanksgiving will doubtless 

 mark the beginning of winter values. 

 Carnations are not yet at their best, 

 being short-stemmed and small, espe- 

 cially Lawson. An average price for 

 first quality stock is $2 per hundred, ex- 

 cept the novelties or fancies, which are 

 already higher than usual so early in 

 the season. Gardenias and orchids are 

 abundant, fortunately, for the demand 



